Table 3.
The effects of CDT on therapeutic outcome in lipoedema measured with BMI and WHR.
| Ref. | Number of Subject | Duration | Intervention | Weight before |
Weight after |
Weight Reduction |
BMI before |
BMI after | BMI p Value | WHR before | WHR after | WHR p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [25] | 31 | 5 sessions a week for 6 weeks | CDT and exercise (n = 11) | 99.08 kg | 97.4 kg | 1.68 kg | 43.49 | 42.78 | <0.001 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.064 |
| IPC and exercise (n = 10) | 97.52 kg | 96.03 kg | 1.49 kg | 40.66 | 39.66 | NS | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.073 | |||
| Exercise only (n = 10) | 102.27 kg | 100.28 kg | 1.99 kg | 42.06 | 41.17 | 0.001 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.0792 | |||
| [20] | 7 | 12 × 90 min sessions of SAT therapy over 4 weeks | SAT manual therapy | 90 | 90.7 | +0.7 kg | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.7 | 0.7 | NS |
| [19] | 1 | 22 months | Ketogenic diet | N/A | N/A | 41 kg | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.8 | 0.86 | N/A |
| [21] | 7 | 12 × 90 min sessions of SAT therapy over 4 weeks | SAT manual therapy | 87.6 | 87.1 | 1.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.78 | 0.78 | NS |